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Letters,
Judges and Judiciary,
Government

Aug. 28, 2018

Judicial election response doesn’t hold up

The issue of judicial elections is again become a subject of debate.

Louis A. Lipofsky

Law Offices of Louis A. Lipofsky

Email: llipofsky@lipofskylaw.com

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More than six years ago I submitted to the Daily Journal a response, which is reprinted below, to Justice Arthur Gilbert's column about judicial elections, titled "Unruly Dogs: Election Time Draws Out Questionable Challenges." The very same issue, judicial elections, has again become the subject of Judge Noel Wise's recent column and Joseph Weissburg's response to Wise in a letter to the editor.

Respectfully, Mr. Weissburg's impassio...

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